Applet - Server socket problem

Question

Hello i'm trying to develop a simple chat application
The applet connects to the server via a socket and it can successfully send a line of text to the server and receive one back.
But if I try to put a loop in to receive more lines the applet doesn't start
here is some source, i'd appreciate any help
* ChatClient.java
* Java Applet for communicating with server
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ChatClient extends Applet
     public Panel input;
     public OutputPanel output;
     public PrintWriter out = null;
public BufferedReader in = null;
     public Socket client = null;
     public Label label;
     public TextField itext;     
     public boolean connected = false;
     public String fromServer = "";
     public void init()
          setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
          input = new Panel();
          input.setLayout( new FlowLayout() );
          label = new Label( "Enter Message" );
          itext = new TextField( 15 );
          TextHandler handler = new TextHandler();
          itext.addActionListener( handler );
          input.add( label );
          input.add( itext );          
          output = new OutputPanel();     
          add( "South", input );
          add( "Center", output );
     public void start()
          String host = getDocumentBase().getHost();          
          try
               // create socket connection
               client = new Socket( host, 4444 );
               out = new PrintWriter( client.getOutputStream(), true );
in = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( client.getInputStream() ) );
          catch (UnknownHostException e)
               System.err.println("Don't know about host: 10.1.7.2.");
System.exit(1);
          catch (IOException e)
System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for the connection to: 10.1.7.2.");
System.exit(1);
          output.otext.append( "Chat client started, listening\n\n" );
          listen();               
     public void listen()
          out.println( "Client 1" );
          try
               fromServer = in.readLine();
               output.otext.append( "Server: " + fromServer + "\n\n" );
               connected = true;
               //do
               //     fromServer = in.readLine();
                    System.err.println( "Server: " + fromServer );
               //     if ( fromServer.equals( "Bye" ) )
               //          connected = false;
               //     output.otext.append( "Server: " + fromServer + "\n\n" );
               //}while ( connected );
          catch( IOException io )
               System.err.println( "Cannot read from server" );
               io.printStackTrace();
     public void sendData ( String s )
          out.println( s );
          //output.otext.append( "Client: " + s + "\n\n" );
     public void destroy()
          try
               out.println( "Bye" );
               out.close();
               in.close();
               client.close();
          catch( IOException io )
               System.err.println( "Error closing Socket or IO streams");
               io.printStackTrace();
class TextHandler implements ActionListener
     public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
          sendData( e.getActionCommand() );
public String getAppletInfo()
          return "A simple chat program.";
     public static void main(String [] args)
          Frame f = new Frame( "Chat Applet" );
          ChatClient chatclient = new ChatClient();
          chatclient.init();
          chatclient.start();          
          f.add( "Center", chatclient );
          f.setSize( 300, 300 );
          f.show();
class OutputPanel extends Panel
     public TextArea otext;
     public OutputPanel()
          setBackground( Color.white );
          setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
          otext = new TextArea( 6, 60 );
          otext.setEditable( false );
          add( "Center", otext );
          setVisible( true );
public void paint(Graphics g)
}

Answer 1

I think you have to modify the loop, which receive data from your socket.
here an example which I tryed
hope I can help you
while (z==1)
anzeige = in.readLine();
if (anzeige.charAt(0) == ende.charAt(0) && anzeige.charAt(1) == ende.charAt(1) && anzeige.charAt(2) == ende.charAt(2)) // searching for the end"-~-"
break;
textField.add(anzeige);